Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

Bible References

The passages

Jeremiah 50:38
A drought will come upon her land; her rivers and canals will be dried up. All of this will happen because her land is filled with idols. Her people act like madmen because of those idols they fear.
Isaiah 44:27
who says to the deep sea, 'Be dry! I will dry up your sea currents,'

The men

Jeremiah 51:30
The soldiers of Babylonia will stop fighting. They will remain in their fortified cities. They will lose their strength to do battle. They will be as frightened as women. The houses in her cities will be set on fire. The gates of her cities will be broken down.
Jeremiah 50:37
Destructive forces will come against her horses and her chariots. Destructive forces will come against all the foreign troops within her; they will be as frightened as women! Destructive forces will come against her treasures; they will be taken away as plunder!

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